Incredible week as Merck, Telefónica lead frenzied charge back into corporate bond market

The virtual standstill that had gripped the European corporate bond market over the past month gave way to a welter of issuance this week as deal-starved investors were at last provided with meaty supply from a diverse array of companies fresh out of blackout.

12 Mar 2010

In what became the biggest week for corporate euro issuance so far in 2010, a veritable parade of some of the less frequent utility and telecom borrowers bumped up investment grade deal volumes to Eu29bn so far this year from the Eu20bn levels the market was languishing at
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